#BE8961#BE8961

#BE8961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.085 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8961
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 97)
HSL	hsl(26, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 15.45, 29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 33.20, 62.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.0454 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.085 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3401, 29.7038, 15.3370)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8961 #6196BE

analogous

#BE6168 #BE8961 #BEB861

triadic

#BE8961 #61BE89 #8961BE

tetradic

#BE8961 #68BE61 #6196BE #B861BE

square

#BE8961 #68BE61 #6196BE #B861BE

split-complementary

#BE8961 #61BEB8 #6168BE

monochromatic

#754E30 #A06A42 #BE8961 #D0A98C #E2CAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BE8961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BE8961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8961

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8961	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.085 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab8e',
    500: '#be8961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8961;
$custom-light: #d4ab8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.806,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67298,
    "c": 0.08496,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8961

secondary

#AAC0D1

accent

#9DD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8961

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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